includes convulsions and tremor and intermittent contractions of large muscle masses which result in movement of individual limbs or other parts of the body. See also stringhalt, chorea.

involuntary muscle

plain muscle, not under voluntary control.

involuntary nervous system

see autonomic nervous system.

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